Episode

Gary Marcus: Is AI mostly hype?

Podcast: Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
Published: Mar 24, 2026
Duration seconds: 2237
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Summary

For over 20 years he has been a relentless critic of the extravagant claims made for the current generation of AI based on Large Language Models, or LLMs. But he is even more concerned about what may come next.